Improved fruit and vegetable press



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

oHAELEs PARHAM, oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRESS.

Specification forming partot' Letters Patent No. 44,7112, dated October 18, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES PARIIAM, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Presses for Pressing the Juice from Fruit or Vegetables and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, r1 ference being had to the accompanying drawings,-mal;ing a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a top plan; Fig. 2 represents a side elevation, and Fi 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section through the :a ne.

Similar letters of reference, where they oecur in the separate igures, denote like parts o." the press in all the drawings.

My invention consists in a portable handpress for pressingjuiees from fruit, vegetables, Src., as will be hereinafter explained.

A represents a shallow box, the bottom B of which is corrugated, grooved, or channeled n tlI e inside, so as to conduct the expressed uices to some general avenue or exit; or they may issue into side or end channels, so as to conduct the juices to any suitable exit, C. To one end of this shallow-box A are fastened proper boxes or bearings D, in which the journa-ls a of a shaft, E, are supported and may tl rn, and to which shaft E the lid or cover F ofthe press is attached by spring-arms G, or other elastic connection, so that the cover, which becomes in a measure the platen or follower of tll'e press, may yield somewhat to the varying thickness of fruit or vegetables to be pressed or to the pulp remaining therein. The under or pressing surface of the cover may be corrugated, grooved, channeled, or

roughened, so as to more securely hold the fruit or vegetables in place while being squeezed, and a handle or lever, tl, is applied to the cover F to give more leve 1age and power upon the platen or follower.

I I are cleats or projections, by which the Apress may be fastened to the table or otherwise, by screws passing through the holes c c therein.

v e c are hooks for holding a straining bag or cloth of any suitable material, said bag or clot h hanging under the spout (J, so that the expressed juices will pass through it and leave the seeds, pulp, de., in the bag or strainer.

The object ot' this press is to have a ready and convenient implement in a house for squeezing or exlnessing thejuices from fruits or vegetables for making wines, jellies, sauces, or condiments. The press may be made of wood or of iron or other metal or parts of each, and if of iron or other metal, the surfaces neXt the fruit, vegetables, or their juices may be of enameled to prevent corrosion or imparting any foreign taste to the pressed article or their juices.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination ofthe box or holder A with a hinged elastic or yielding cover F, as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the above, corrugating, grooving, or ehannelin g the opposite faces ot' the receiver and the cover, as and for the purpose described.

GHAS. PARHAM. Witnesses:

L. A. HUGHES, G. H. GARDNER. 

